Serum total thiol status in alcohol abusers

Asian Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-51

  Prakash, Mungli ^a   Shetty, Jeevan K ^a   Tripathy, Sudeshna ^a   Verma, Manish ^a   Vasudev, Saddinamane ^b   Bhandary, Panambur V ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b AV Baliga Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol abusers; Antioxidants; Liver function tests; Total thiols

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149103358     PISSN: 18159923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajb.2008.48.51     Document Type: Article

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